Chen Tsung,Pinyin Zhen Zong (temple name), personal name Chao ZhenzongWade-Giles romanization Chen-tsung, personal name (xingming) Zhao Heng ( born 968 , China—died 1022 , China ) temple name (miaohao) of the third emperor (reigned 997/998–1022/23997–1022) of the Sung Song dynasty (960–1279), who strengthened Confucianism and concluded a peace treaty with the nomadic Khitan tribes Liao empire to the north that ended several decades of warfare. As a result of the Treaty of Shan-yüan Chanyuan (1004), the Sung Song agreed to the permanent loss of the northern territory between China and the Great Wall.

Claiming divine revelation, Chen Tsung the Zhenzong emperor created a series of new cults, which resulted in fusion of the rival Buddhist and Taoist Daoist religions. He also increased the influence of Confucianism, decreeing in 1011 that temples to Confucius were to be built in all district cities. These reforms strengthened the legitimacy of the Emperor emperor in the eyes of the people. Toward the end of his reign, however, Chen Tsung Zhenzong became insane and his empress assumed power.